Those Who Can't, Judge
My good friend Darth Kel posted a video on her blog recently from America Has Talent. It was of a couple who had a whole routine based around being quick change artists. Pretty interesting, but the part that confounded me more was that David Hasselhoff, of all people, appeared to be a judge on the show. Having a dislike for reality television that is well documented in this blog, I had never seen the show and had no idea.
David Hasselhoff? Seriously? Having David Hasselhoff judge if you have talent is like having Ryan Leaf evaluate you for the NFL or Paula Abdul tell you if you can sing.
Oh, wait...
Apparently the criteria for judging a talent on reality television is a total lack of the talent you're judging. This got me to thinking. With my background in Mass Communications, I thought I might be able to cash in on this Reality TV talent show thing with a few ideas of my own. Since you guys are my most loyal readers, I thought I'd offer them up here first to get your opinions on which ones I should take to the networks.
Stand-Up Comedy Star: Contestants compete to see who is the funniest comedian, trying to impress guest judges Sinbad, Carrot Top, and Bob Saget.
I Want to Be a Playboy Bunny: Beautiful women compete to see who will bare all in the pages of Playboy. Guest judges include Gloria Steinam, Hillary Clinton, and Bea Arthur.
So You Want to Start a Dot-Com: A group of techies vie to win a contract to co-found the next Google with their partner, Senator Ted "the internet is made of tubes" Stevens.
America's High Priestess: A group of wanna-be Wiccans show off their spell-casting and tree-hugging skills to earn the title of "America's High Priestess". Celebrity judges for this contest will be Pat Buchanan, Billy Graham, and Pat Robertson.
What do you think, sirs?
David Hasselhoff? Seriously? Having David Hasselhoff judge if you have talent is like having Ryan Leaf evaluate you for the NFL or Paula Abdul tell you if you can sing.
Oh, wait...
Apparently the criteria for judging a talent on reality television is a total lack of the talent you're judging. This got me to thinking. With my background in Mass Communications, I thought I might be able to cash in on this Reality TV talent show thing with a few ideas of my own. Since you guys are my most loyal readers, I thought I'd offer them up here first to get your opinions on which ones I should take to the networks.
Stand-Up Comedy Star: Contestants compete to see who is the funniest comedian, trying to impress guest judges Sinbad, Carrot Top, and Bob Saget.
I Want to Be a Playboy Bunny: Beautiful women compete to see who will bare all in the pages of Playboy. Guest judges include Gloria Steinam, Hillary Clinton, and Bea Arthur.
So You Want to Start a Dot-Com: A group of techies vie to win a contract to co-found the next Google with their partner, Senator Ted "the internet is made of tubes" Stevens.
America's High Priestess: A group of wanna-be Wiccans show off their spell-casting and tree-hugging skills to earn the title of "America's High Priestess". Celebrity judges for this contest will be Pat Buchanan, Billy Graham, and Pat Robertson.
What do you think, sirs?
posted by Gryphon at 8:16 PM
2 Comments:
First, I am not a sir. :) Second- YOU POSTED HERE!!! BLESS YOU, MY CHILD. Third, your ideas sound like good TV to me. (Good TV- the ultimate oxymoron; except for Medium, which is well-done, and that is rare).
I don't necessarily believe that you have to have talent to recognize it... and by that criterium, David Hasselhoff could judge just about anything. The man can't even shave without requiring a trip to the emergency room... to repair his arm!!??
If it was "Quick Change" then I saw them give half-time performances at two Auburn basketball games. They were actually very good.
Not sure about the judges of these shows either. I don't watch the talent reality shows. Now, Survivor and Amazing Race I am guilty of watching - but then, there's not much reality there! lol
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